JavaScript Object
Specification
Introduction
JavaScript, the scripting language developed by Netscape Communications, enables you to
easily create interactive Web pages.
JavaScript v1.2 comes with six predefined classes:
Boolean, Number, Date, Math, String,
and
Array.
As part of the integration with Adobe® Acrobat® Forms, we have defined additional
classes and objects to allow access to portions of the PDF file.
This document describes these classes, as well as details the load and execution of JavaScripts
in the Adobe Acrobat environment. Of particular note is the
section which handles
all processing of Acrobat Form fields including their formatting, calculation, and validation.
The intended audience of this document is assumed to be familiar with Adobe Acrobat, the
Acrobat Forms plug-in and the Adobe Acrobat plug-in API.
Other useful documents
For more information on JavaScript, please see
Netscape’s JavaScript Reference Manual
for
details on JavaScript objects and on language syntax.
Portable Document Format Reference Manual, version 1.2
or later, describes the PDF
representation of a form and its fields. Appendix H, describes the Forms Data Format, which is
one of the formats of data exported from an Acrobat form. This document is available with the
Adobe Acrobat Plug-ins SDK CD-ROM or on the Adobe Web site
http://www.adobe.com/
supportservice/devrelations/PDFS/TN/PDFSPEC.PDF.
Technical Note #5166, Acrobat Viewer plug-in API Overview.
Gives an overview of the objects
and methods provided by the Acrobat viewers’ plug-in API. This document is available with
the Adobe Acrobat Plug-ins SDK CD-ROM or on the Adobe Web site
http://beta1.adobe.com/
ada/acrosdk/DOCS/VWRPIOVR.PDF.
Technical Note #5167, Acrobat Viewer plug-in API Development.
Tells how to develop
Acrobat viewer plug-ins on the various platforms available. This document is available with
the Adobe Acrobat Plug-ins SDK CD-ROM or on the Adobe Web site
http://beta1.adobe.com/
ada/acrosdk/DOCS/VWRPIDEV.PDF
Technical Note #5168, Acrobat Viewer plug-in API On-Line Reference.
Describes in detail the
objects and methods provided by the Acrobat viewer’s plug-in API. This document is available
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